Talent Acquisition Business Partner, Novartis Gene Therapies

Imagine… 2 weeks after the birth of your child you realize they aren’t meeting critical developmental milestones and after months of doctor’s appointments you are told your baby has a rare neurological disease that would impact how they would live their lives.

This is the reality of parents whose children have Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and it’s the reason why we at Novartis Gene Therapy are laser focused on bringing hope and possibility to those devastated by rare genetic diseases.

We use innovative technology to turn promising gene therapies into proven treatments beginning with SMA. Imagine the lives you could transform by joining the Novartis Gene Therapy team.

As a member of Global Talent Acquisition organization, this position will be responsible for attracting and hiring top talent for Novartis companies, but primarily Novartis Gene Therapies. This role will be functionally aligned with a focus on building functional depth and talent market knowledge for Novartis Gene Therapies and specifically in the area of Manufacturing and Technical Operations. This role will ensure recruitment delivery for the business team it supports while managing customer expectations with a shared vision of impacting the quality of patient lives.

Your key responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Manage and drive appropriate sourcing, assessment, selection and pre-onboarding strategies for the client group supported by the role.

Strategy & Planning:

• Render business advising by providing effective staffing solutions keeping in mind internal business context as well as external talent / market landscape.
• Develop overall hiring strategy for open assigned headcounts
• Educate the Hiring Manager / interview panels on the recruiting process and help build their interview capabilities on an ongoing basis
• Lead and drive the hiring planning meeting with Hiring Managers
• Conduct interviews & lead the debrief session.

Process Management

• Accountable for the overall recruitment process to ensure recruitment delivery of the open position for client groups.
• Define sourcing strategy to attract right talent for the roles. Focus on direct sourcing through low cost sourcing channels and reducing agency spend thus resulting in effective cost per hire.
• Provide accurate documentation to facilitate offer and pre boarding processes including pre employment background verification and pre-employment medicals.
• Ensure best in class candidate experience throughout the hiring process by providing timely feedback / responses to candidates and client managers etc.

Data Management & Reporting

• Ensure data compliance within Applicant Tracking Tool (iCIMS).
• Ensure periodic hiring status reporting/ dashboards to business stakeholders, manage & deliver them in a timely and consistent basis.

Monitoring & Control

• Ensure adherence to relevant geographic labor and employment laws as and when necessary,
• Ensure adoption and adherence to Novartis HR practices and policies.
• Ensure process and policy compliance as per Novartis TAS guidelines.
• Ensure compliant usage of all tools (social media, job boards, ATS, etc.)

People & Organization

• Effectively collaborate with Human Resource Business Partners, Hiring managers and other HR Centers of Excellence ensuring great stakeholder experience.
• Being the Novartis brand ambassador to external market by responsibly dealing with candidates, vendors and external associates while showcasing Novartis Values and Behaviors to the core.

While proximity to a Novartis Site such as Bannockburn, IL, East Hanover, NJ or Cambridge, MA would be ideal, remote work may be possible (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require 10-20% travel.

EEO Statement

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Minimum requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Human Resources discipline preferred.

Experience/Skills:

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience within Pharmaceutical consulting and/or in-house recruitment environment.
• Experience in full life cycle recruitment within a Pharmaceutical GMP environment preferred
• Understanding and demonstrated capability to source passive candidates via niche websites, social media, Applicant Tracking Systems etc.
• Demonstrated proficiency in understanding organization culture and ability to establish relationships both externally and internally.
• Ability to manage local stakeholders in a remote working environment
• Self-directed, detail oriented, problem solver with a burning desire to contribute.
• High energy, driven, articulate and friendly personality with a customer- service mindset.
• Ability of being assertive as and when required.

Why Novartis?

766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.

We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!

Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations:
The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to tas.nacomms@novartis.com call +1 (877) 395-2339 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
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Division

CTS

Business Unit

HR NBS

Country

USA

Work Location

Chicago, IL

Company/Legal Entity

Novartis Corporation

Functional Area

Human Resources

Job Type

Full Time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No